Five takeaways from Week 6 and how they impact Vikings

Five takeaways from Week 6 and how they impact Vikings

Although the Vikings were on a bye, there was a lot of good action in the NFL that still impacted Minnesota.

Aaron Rodgers looked mortal

This is huge for the Vikings. If Aaron Rodgers can’t get back to his elite form, it makes the Vikings’ path to back-to-back NFC North Division crowns much easier. Rodgers threw two interceptions and lost a fumble near the Cowboys’ goal line that cost the Packers the game.

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Rookie QB starting to hit the rookie wall?

The Vikings travel to Philadelphia next week to take on the Eagles who are led by rookie quarterback Carson Wentz. Wentz looked great in his first three games, but his last two performances have not been up to par.

Success

Whoa!

If Wentz continues to be inaccurate, the Vikings will feast on a very young QB. He has struggled to hit his open receivers, and the defense looked vulnerable against the Washington Redskins. Wentz is still in line for a good season, but the Vikings’ defense is about as tough as it gets for a rookie QB, and Wentz will have to find a way to get back to the high level of play he had in the beginning of the season for the Eagles to be successful.

The Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott hasn’t really hit a rookie wall, but he did throw his first interception, and fumbled twice, losing one.

The Cowboys did run over the Packers, and the Vikings will have to find a way to slow down the Cowboys’ running game when they meet up at U.S Bank Stadium in Week 13 on Thursday Night Football.

Ezekiel Elliott doesn’t look like he is hitting a rookie wall, as he torched the Packers for 157 yards, while the Packers didn’t allow a team to reach 50 rushing yards this season until Zeke.

Seattle, Dallas and Minnesota look to be at top of NFC

Trailing 17-3 at the half, the Falcons scored 21 unanswered points to take a seven-point lead into the fourth quarter. Yet, the Seahawks found a way to get the win, as they always seem to do. The Seahawks and Vikings are two of the three teams with one loss or fewer in the NFC, and look to be the cream of the crop in the NFC, along with the Cowboys.

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Atlanta’s offense is legit

The Falcons went up to Seattle and scored 24 points on a defense that allows around 15 points per game. Seattle’s defense is really good, but Matt Ryan and company found a way to put points on the board. The Falcons are averaging 33.2 points per game and pile up 441 total yards per game, which both lead the NFL. The Falcons offense is very, very good.

Vikings’ key wins no longer look as great

The Vikings have had some, at the time, big wins this season. The Panthers, who were coming off a trip to the Super Bowl, the Packers, and Texans team that was 3-1.

Now, the Panthers sit at 1-5 after having a comeback come up short in the Superdome, the Packers look awful on offense, and have fallen to 3-2. The Texans just came back to beat the Colts in overtime to move to 4-2, but their offense relies on Lamar Miller and a run game, because the 72-million-dollar man can’t hit an open receiver.

Those big wins from Minnesota don’t look so big anymore. Yet, this is the NFL, and wins are hard to come by. Minnesota will take every win they earn, and will go to Philadelphia with the same attitude in Week 6.